Special Weather Statement until 10:00PM 
At 933 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lynchburg, or near T O Fuller State Park, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Southaven, Olive Branch, West Memphis, Horn Lake, Hernando, T O Fuller State Park, Memphis, Walls, Horseshoe Lake, Pinckney, Lake Cormorant, Southwest Memphis, Lynchburg, Eudora, Lewisburg, Whitehaven, Robinsonville, Newport, Clack, and Trinity. This includes the following highways... Interstate 22 in Mississipppi between mile markers 1 and 11. Interstate 55 in Tennessee between mile markers 1 and 5, and near mile marker 8. Interstate 55 in Mississippi between mile markers 277 and 292.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CRITTENDEN ... DESOTO ... TUNICA ... SHELBY
Instructions:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Address/Location
City of Olive Branch
9200 Pigeon Roost Rd
Olive Branch, MS 38654
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 662-892-9200
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP OLIVEBRANCH followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Special Weather Statement
